Addis Ababa – The Heads of State and Government of the 54 member countries of the African Union (AU) began, Saturday in Addis Ababa, the proceedings of the 36th ordinary session of the pan-African organization’s summit with the participation of Morocco.

At this 36th AU Summit of Heads of State and Government, the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, represents HM King Mohammed VI.

تشرفت بتمثيل صاحب الجلالة الملك محمد السادس، نصره الله، في أشغال الدورة الــ 36 لقمة الاتحاد الإفريقي، التي انطلقت اليوم السبت بأديس أبابا، تحت شعار "تسريع مسلسل تنفيذ منطقة التبادل الحر القارية الافريقية". pic.twitter.com/h0pim5K1aG

— رئيس الحكومة المغربية (@ChefGov_ma) February 18, 2023

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita, Ambassador Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the African Union and the UNECA Mohamed Arrouchi, and Ambassador Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) Mohamed Methqal make up the Moroccan delegation attending this summit.

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This 36th Summit, with the theme “The Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation,” will cover a variety of topics, including the institutional reform of the AU, the state of peace and security on the continent, the awarding of the Union a seat in the G20, the global food crisis, the AU response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the assessment of the first ten-year plan for the implementation of Agenda 2063, and issues specific to the

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